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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2017 Nov 26;136:7–15. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2017.11.019

Table 1.

Sample-weighted distributions, by sex, of anthropometric dimensions and adiposity indicators among US, non-pregnant adults aged 20+ years in 2011–14.

Dimension, indicator Men (sample n = 2189) Women (sample n = 2209)


Mean Percentiles IQR Percentiles IQR


p25 p50 p75 Mean p25 p50 p75
SAD, cm 23.3 20.1 22.8 25.7 5.6 22.0 18.4 21.3 24.7 6.3
WC, cm 101.4 90.6 100.0 109.7 19.1 97.0 84.5 95.0 106.9 22.4
Weight, kg 89.1 74.8 85.7 99.0 24.2 76.8 62.0 73.0 87.1 25.1
Height, cm 176.1 171.0 176.0 181.1 10.1 162.1 157.3 162.3 166.4 9.1
SADHtR 0.1322 0.1145 0.1294 0.1468 0.0323 0.1360 0.1138 0.1330 0.1543 0.0405
WHtR 0.5762 0.5167 0.5683 0.6250 0.1083 0.5994 0.5221 0.5872 0.6637 0.1416
BMI, kg/m2 28.64 24.62 27.75 31.29 6.68 29.17 23.66 27.77 33.20 9.55

IQR, interquartile range (p75 minus p25).

WC, waist circumference.